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as in planting
to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set
a music teacher who strove to implant within his students a love of the classics
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as in embedding
to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter
the gemstone was poorly implanted in the setting, so it was constantly popping out
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Recent Examples of implanting
Scientists have created cyborg embryos by implanting electrode arrays into the developing brains of frogs, mice, and salamanders.
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IEEE Spectrum, 11 June 2025
IEEE Spectrum, 11 June 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for implanting
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From beginning stages of planning, the layout, walkways, irrigation, fertilization, planting varieties of roses and the tools needed for successful rose gardening.—
Ut Community Press,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Sep. 2025
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To minimize risk, avoid planting Brussels sprouts or any of their relatives in the same spot every year.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
16 Sep. 2025
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Until now, most fluorescent glasses for LSCs were made by embedding nanocrystals.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Sep. 2025
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The key to adoption is embedding AI into workflows, not just platforms.—
Rishit Lakhani,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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And the American redstart — a jetblack little fellow with orange splashes — pretty much stopped breeding here in the early 2000s.—
Ari Daniel,
NPR,
10 Sep. 2025
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They’re spotted foraging on golf courses and even breeding in suburban wetlands near Chicago.—
Tom Langen,
The Conversation,
9 Sep. 2025
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Wild hogs can reach weights of more than 150 pounds and measure 5 to 6 feet long, feeding on plants and animals by rooting with their broad snouts.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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Teller and Sperry also attended the 2025 Super Bowl, where the couple had a rooting interest (he Chiefs played Teller's hometown team, the Philadelphia Eagles, in New Orleans.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
9 Sep. 2025
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Airline fares increased almost 6% from July to August (up from 4% the prior month), while lodging like hotels and motels rose almost 3%, according to the CPI data.—
Greg Iacurci,
CNBC,
11 Sep. 2025
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The 90-day window for lodging a challenge is tight, but veto referendums have been successful in Missouri as recently as 2017, when labor unions successfully organized to defeat a right-to-work law that would have banned compulsory union fees.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Implanting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/implanting. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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